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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  , like how to do laundry, or how to not burn a pot of spaghetti are ... from, and how I used to be. I used to be afraid of change. Complacency ... my whirlwind of thoughts to this: Why not? Ok, so I skipped a lot of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  die is when you add that to the normal stresses of MIT life. Not a lot ... will tell you, being sick isn't an excuse to not do homework, so the ... NOT have to read that. Between the ridiculous notation, the fact that it

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  the best opportunity for aspiring techies to learn not just how to wield a soldering iron but how to interact with others in the spirit of ... not a necessary condition for admission to MIT, but excellence in FIRST

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  talked about logistics; this is how you get to East Campus, this is the ... ever thought about how you're going to die?" Or, "How much sleep do ... shine and sparkle so much during CPW, but not stick around to see the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  "Running Store" category for the past 5 years. I'm not sure how much ... : http://www.soundkeepers.com/running/boston.html. It's not safe to run ... Brief background: I try to be healthy. I don't eat junk food, and I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  not used to being "older" and "wiser." i took classes with people two or ... , who jumped from being half-sophomores to seniors, have reflected on how ... months on campus before getting kicked off due to the pandemic. now i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  's Worcester. I'm going to teach you how to pronounce it now, you ready? Pretend ... . Very few people actually know how to pronounce "Stata." I've had just as ... actually know how to pronounce it. The nice compromise I've come up with is

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  said: i don't really know how to say this but i've been trying to find a ... , but I wonder how hard it is to keep a pet at college. Do you have a pet ... , and it also makes a great excuse to not to work. Mostly, though, it just

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  more about how to enact change—not in some grandiose, ego-fueled "I want to leave a legacy" sense, but how to do my best to leave the school ... was worried about not performing as well, and now I want to push myself

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  and many others) called “How MIT Learns” was posted to the admissions ... because you are not just given knowledge–you have to earn it. I’m going to ... train people in how to acquire knowledge, which is the purpose of high

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  discovered to a supreme being in some way. Freethinkers did not believe in the ... , Bishop Berkeley, wrote a book, ‘The Analyst’, which did not attempt to disprove calculus but argued that science did not stand up to rigorous

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  understand the claim to not trust it and ignore like a 550, but if you have an 800, is it really fair that that is not even given a consideration? To ... tests are not perfect, and should not be used to punish anyone. But, does

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ecosystems And Web Sites A science question & general check-in.

  

  site is going to be so awesome. Just you wait and see. :-) How's summer ... .) Except tell me, you science experts - how does an ecosystem with "fantastic ... ? I told you guys - I'm not a science kid. Hook me up. In other news, I

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  Olympiad the summer after ninth grade. It’s easy to forget how smart he is ... life built to be seen by others—that’s not what I want. My friends often ... not so rare among people I know. But the inner confidence to commit to a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  college. Not even for a bit! (I'm starting to think I'm always more homesick than I realized...) It's a preposterous idea considering how many ... (okay, that's not really abroad!) to London to Paris to Seoul... I just

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Hayden Christensen Comes to MIT, Looks Pretty Pictures of the top of Hayden Christensen's head inside!

  

  . How much effort do you put in trying to stay true to real-world science ... how it went. I didn't get to talk to, touch, or even really see Hayden ... professors Edward Farhi and Max Tegmark. It's not every day that we get former

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  a not-terribly-subtle fashion, because if I decided to go to Ohio ... interview, at which I assume the financial aid people will tell me how to ... . Anonymous asked, do you have any advice on how to get to know professors? it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  joke that I'm not going to say in my blog for fear of offending my yellow ... this happens to be reading my blog... Dear Vandal, HOW DARE YOU ... first voyage of sorts was to find food which is probably one of the

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

  're in Freshman Leadership Program you're not going to swim back from the ... Orientation hits. Also, I learned how to work a lathe, use a bandsaw at an angle ... MIT. When I'm not telling people that I'm going to be an astronaut (in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  . "I want it to be Flavius." "It's not Flavius." At some point during ... class. "People who don't like to rap," I said. "Why not?" "Because ... , so I decided to give a better response. "Okay, how about people who

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023